The Daughters of Catulle Mendès

Les Filles de Catulle Mendès

The Daughters of Catulle Mendès

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1888

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

About this painting

Renoir painted the three musical daughters of poet Catulle Mendès and pianist Augusta Holmès in 1888, hoping to repeat the acclaim of his 1878 Charpentier portrait. The public instead found its bold color and stylized faces unsettling.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

161.9 × 129.9 cm (63.7 × 51.1 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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